barf
Americanverb
verb
noun
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the act of vomiting
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the matter ejected in vomiting
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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barfsimple
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barfssimple
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have barfedperfect
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has barfedperfect
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am barfingprogressive
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are barfingprogressive
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is barfingprogressive
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have been barfingperfect progressive
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has been barfingperfect progressive
Past
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barfedsimple
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had barfedperfect
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was barfingprogressive
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were barfingprogressive
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had been barfingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of barf
First recorded in 1955–60; expressive word of uncertain origin
Vocabulary lists containing barf
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I thought that eating and drinking too much of that stuff was supposed to make you barf.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Rehearsals would have been punishing even for someone who wasn’t presumably trying to navigate them while clutching a first-trimester barf bag.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023
In many ways, she says, it’s “the crummiest job in the world,” replete with “blood, barf and bodily fluids,” and subservient to doctors.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022
The barf bags and spit cups, the sponge pops and no-slip socks, the folding canes that give way to tennis-ball-padded walkers and then wheelchairs: It’s a singular category of horror and she nails it.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022
“Did a giant barf cotton candy in here or what?”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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